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mircea_popescu: the one
thing
that may make a datacenter feasible is having someone
trustworthy
to oversee it
mthreat: ok. I figured folks were already all over
that.
mthreat: BingoBoingo:
that's why I haven't pursued mining
BingoBoingo: mthreat:
The biggest mining cost has always been
the opportunity cost.
mthreat: dumb mining question: is electricity
the biggest cost
these days? If so, has anyone set up an operation in a locale with cheap (possibly subsidized) electricity?
BingoBoingo: All of a sudden any user makes
their own wildly incompatible bedrocks.
BingoBoingo: afaik asciilifeform HN and
the aggregators banned you for a reasons...
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: In
that case you aren't playing chess, but instead a more interesting game.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo by open i mean, a situation
that doesn't have a fixed border at
the 8th column, ora fixed nuymber of pieces and no generators etcv
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: If you wipe out
the other pieces
two bishops and a king can mate a king. actually works better with less clutter on
the boardd.
BingoBoingo: Happens, but you need at least
two bishops for checkmate.
mircea_popescu: rarely will someone kill
the queen
to die
to
the bishop as it were
mircea_popescu: obviously if
they do
that,
they have a bullet for you,
too.
mircea_popescu: the "value" of
the sabotage is high.
to expect an agent
to do a high value
thing just so YOU can capture its benefits...
nubbins`: right on! so
this local arts newspaper wants
to do a spread on pink eye for
their july issue
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Into
the freshman class or
the subfreshman class.
BingoBoingo: By
the
time a person
takes it
they are
too late
to reconsider another institution so after a year of shoveling shit
they either get
their act
together or die.
BingoBoingo: Still, I
think
the matriculation
test is a valuable idea.
mircea_popescu: jurov you willing
to open your fiverr
to
the chan ? or who was it
that had one, mike ?
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: I also can't be arsed
to make a Fiverr account. << yeah i kinda need fiver
type of
things but can'r be arsed either.
mircea_popescu: "snort recycled chalk. it's great for your lungs and interesting for speologists,
too!"
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: When I had access
to chalkboards I used a caco3/caso4 mix, whiter lasted longer.
moiety: mircea_popescu: :D
they were based on minis and
the other little coupes of
the
time
mircea_popescu: pankkake: and
the all bitcoin wallets… is an outright lie. << consider
the source.
the guy doesn't readily know which hole his piss comes out of .
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform:
to my knowledge common chalk minerals are readily digested by
the lungs... Electronics and chalk are another matter.
benkay: ;;later
tell buanzo nice
to meetcha
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform chalk dust or
toluene, pick your embalming
technique
BingoBoingo: Whiteboards just don't work, and having been drinking since about... 1PM mircea_popescu
time... I supposed aspects of bingo University.
BingoBoingo says
this a someone who
tried
to start a blackboard vs. whiteboard flamewar.
BingoBoingo: They whore successfully on
their own of whore for a master. Classes can be
taken around
that.
BingoBoingo: They can prolly stay in school,
they just can't date.
mircea_popescu: seems
the one
thing a woman can do
to make sure she won't be remarkable, or remembered, is stay in school as a
teenager.
BingoBoingo: Indeed, and both rose
to astounding success in
their whore specialties
mircea_popescu: this should be informative
tho : both of
them spent
their
teenage years whoring.
mircea_popescu: i wonder if given a choice
to drink marylin or eva who'd people pick
mthreat: mircea_popescu: ah ok. when i google "argentina national drink" it says mate. I
think
the national drink is peronism
mircea_popescu: mthreat but you know, national drink in
the sense of how romanians have
tzuica and scotts scotch.
BingoBoingo: King Cobra, probably
the best fermented beverage in
the US.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Prolly
the most valuable part of my college education was learning which 40 oz bottle of Malt liquor were palatable.
buanz0: ok everyone, off
to cook. it's 9.17pm in .ar - my nick will be buanzo, mircea knows how
to get in
touch with me. cya.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo you can just drink
the medicinal alcohol here. i know, cause i
tried it. cue "ok,
that is by FAR
the most ghetto
thing I ever saw you do" from floored assistence
mircea_popescu: <BingoBoingo> mircea_popescu: You know
the restaurants
ther would serve it... << ya prolly
moiety: i have a 5 gallon brown demi john and a 1 gallon clear one. i want
to start making my own
things.
BingoBoingo: I might just switch
to grain alcohol and distilled water. Purity of essence for
the win.
buanz0: it all comes down
to
the different recipes out
there, check out www.absenta.cl
buanz0: i've done my fair bit of distilling and brewing
to know how i like
to drink :P
BingoBoingo: moiety:
Too much sugar in
the booze leads
to booze sweats in
the morning.
moiety: i
thought
they dripped laudenum onto
the cube and dropped it in
the absinthe
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: You know
the restaurants
ther would serve it...
buanz0: BingoBoingo: I like my absinth with good iced water, depending on
the kind of absinth I might add a bit of sugar.
the cube
thing is just for show.
moiety: that was originally because of laudenum
though,
the sugar cube, wasn't it?
moiety: BingoBoingo: never had it on ice. i need
the sugar or it's so harsh
to me
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: As long as
the beef accompanies it.
moiety: lol benkay! what have i done
to you all in here?! manuls ingrained :D
BingoBoingo: moiety: I like absinthe, but on ice. None of
that sugar cube stuff. Don't want
to become another Diabeetus 'Murican.
mircea_popescu: her "fuck i spent an hour
trying
to figure out how
this happened"
mircea_popescu: me "ow shit,
that's why it
tasted like shit. i
thought you kept
tea in
the cupboard"
mircea_popescu: (also, funny story : i visit friend, she's not
there, i decide
to make
tea. i make
tea, i
taste it, ittastes like shit. eventually i get bored and leave.
mthreat: mircea_popescu: ever notice people walking around with a big
thermos and a small silver cup with a silver "straw"?
benkay: CAN YOU
TELL I LIKED IT?
benkay: i have a bag of mate in
the cupboard
benkay: it comes in big gulps at
the big clubs
benkay: <mircea_popescu> so
til argentina has no national drink // fernet!
BingoBoingo: Usually
there's only a little vomitting. I've only had
the experience
thrice before surrendering
to it being unpleasant in spite of
the right genetics.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Strega's nice. mthreat buanz0 If you want
to robotrip just drink
the
tussin. Unless you have unfortunate genetics at CYP2D6 you'll survive a bottle.
mircea_popescu: then i
told him he'll have
to
talk
the wife into going naked, he visibly softened.
mircea_popescu: i was
telling buanz0 about
their bdsm party and he was all like... omg when's
the next one.
mthreat: mircea_popescu: actually, a place you might like is one of
the "secret" speakeasys
mircea_popescu: <mthreat> so i guess it's
the equivalent of drinking robitussin << ok, i can see
that.
mthreat: so i guess it's
the equivalent of drinking robitussin
mircea_popescu: haven't
tried galliano and other herbal shit, but anyway
mthreat: BingoBoingo: an italian
told me
that in italy
they drink it like a medicine
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo ill give
them
ths much
tho , you can order strega in most cafes and
they'll have it.